Annoying Windows Problem

esuna

<div class="IPBDescription">removable media not refreshing</div> Well, i've got this annoying as hell problem with Windows XP (Home ed.) that just won't leave me alone.

Basically, none of my removable media updates when i change a disc. In the screenie attached you can see in Mr Computer that D: is a PCZ cover DVD and F: is something called Disc 1 (No idea what, heh), but in the Computer Management window you can see that F: Has Deus Ex in and D: has my Win2k recovery disc in.

The only way i can get Mr Computer to update is through a reset, and i can't be bothered to do that each time i change CDs. Also, it's not just forgetting to update the name, it remembers autorun settings too, so frequently if i double click on a DVD drive it will attempt to load the previous disc's autorun.

So basically, anyone have any ideas of how to sort this. I am using D-Tools for the F:, but i didn't have a problem with that before.

AllUrHiveRblong2us

I had this problem a little while back, except when it happened to me nothing about the CD would refresh, and it would even play media that was on the CD that I had taken out. The problem as it turned out was my sound card drivers, I just reinstalled them and everything worked fine.

[WHO]Them

I've had this happen to me twice. My guess is that you used a tweak tool to turn off Autoplay.

Apparently windows is retarted and requires autoplay to update your windows explorer view.

Now, if you use normal windows configuration tools to turn autoplay back on, it usually doesn't solve the problem.


If you have, in fact, turned off autoplay. I'd start researching autoplay registry settings and turn them all back on till it starts working again, then tweak the drives individually.

esuna

Cool, thanks for that [WHO]Them, i managed to find the entry that needed changing, changed it, rebooted and it's all working fine now. <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo-->

It's something like HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > SYSTEM > CurrentControlSet > Services > Cdrom then changed AutoRun from 0 to 1.

RPG_Jssmfulhud

It happens to me all the time, but a refresh (F5) works in my case. Also, I'm sure you've done that, but do you have autorun enabled? (I don't)

EDIT: You've sorted it as I've written this. Grmbl.. <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif' /><!--endemo-->

Verthandi

What you could do, is allow the basic Autoplay function (so WinDoze acknowledges changes in removable media), <b>but</b> make it so Autoplay 'Takes No Action' for all data types.

<i>edit: Negative post count! <!--emo&:0--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/wow.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wow.gif' /><!--endemo--> I wish I had that... <!--emo&:(--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/sad.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='sad.gif' /><!--endemo--> </i>

half

Do you have Windows on C: ? You have only 162mb free space on C: and it may slow your computer a bit <!--emo&::nerdy::--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/nerd.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='nerd.gif' /><!--endemo-->